Friday, January 31, 2025

Trump's FCC Chief Opens Investigation Into NPR and PBS

President Trump's new head of the Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation of NPR and PBS, with an eye toward unraveling federal funding for all public broadcasting.

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Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission chair has opened investigations into NPR and PBS.

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-- The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) January 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM

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You know, the thing is... Trump reflects all the petty, cruel, and cowardly attitudes of his Base quite well.

I mean, it's true, some of them just aren't very bright, but actually there's a reason they adore their Cult Leader; he will do all the stupid, nonsensical things that they've whined about for years.

Of course, he laughs at them behind their backs when he's entertaining the Billionaire Oligarchs that bought him the Office and whom he actually serves.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-30 05:08 PM

NPR and PBS?! JFC

#2 | Posted by qcp at 2025-01-30 05:58 PM

These folks are seriously sick.

#3 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-01-30 06:06 PM

I wonder when the investigations of OAN and The Daily Wire ect will begin...

They're far more biased than anything righties whine about on a regular basis.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-01-30 07:17 PM

NPR and PBS should have gotten Biden Pardons!

Apparently he should have handed out several million more.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-30 08:36 PM

When Trump said that the media is the enemy of the people, he was right; corporate and right-wing media is the enemy of the people. Look at the insurrectionists, and all the shooters. Where did they get radicalized?

#6 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-01-30 09:30 PM

"I wonder when the investigations of OAN and The Daily Wire ect will begin...

They're far more biased than anything righties whine about on a regular basis.

#4 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-01-30 07:17 PM"

Tp the best of my knowledge, those organizations don't receive any taxpayer funding. PBS and NPR do.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-31 12:46 AM

MAGA is a mental disease.

#8 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-01-31 11:57 AM

"I wonder when the investigations of OAN and The Daily Wire ect will begin...

They're far more biased than anything righties whine about on a regular basis.

#4 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-01-30 07:17 PM"

Tp the best of my knowledge, those organizations don't receive any taxpayer funding. PBS and NPR do.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-31 12:46 AM | Reply |

OAN is Russian propaganda

#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-01-31 12:00 PM

Repubs need all your news to come from a billionaire.

#10 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-01-31 12:43 PM

#7 | Posted by BellRinger

Fair enough.

Calling PBS biased is absurd.

I stopped listening to NPR years ago because I got tired of the bulls*&^ they offer as "programming."

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2025-01-31 12:51 PM

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